No alcohol...

[namescapesme999]

I was diagnosed with cirrhosis in October 2015 & advised to stop alcohol altogether...after nearly 60 years of drinking regularly & a social life that means I'm in contact with it quite a lot...however I have managed to date 147 days without any but I'm not counting..lol...sometimes I'm in a posistion where I could have some non alcoholic beer (actually it's 0.4%) so it's very weak...can anyone tell me if this low level stuff would be ok to drink on limited occasions...Rob...

[sandra_dee]

I'm not a doctor but would think that would be o.k. in moderation.

[Bolly]

I would say if your doctor advised you to stop drinking it was most likely based on what your doctor knows about your level of liver damage, which we don't! I would stick with the advice you were given on diagnosis, which is zero alcohol. Lots of other non alcoholic options out there, and you will be popular Im sure as a designated driver.

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Hi Rob,

Really, if you've been advised to cut alcohol out completely, then that's what you should do. It can be difficult, as many of us here can testify, but, if you come to needing a transplant, you will have to have been alcohol free for six months.

You have to consider rob, is 0.4% worth losing your life for?

Sorry if I sound harsh, but there is so much at stake here. You've managed 147 days remember.

Best wishes to you.

Mike

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Rob, put it in the bin! You need to treat that Liver aswel as you can, avoid as many toxins as you can and 0.4% is still unwanted by your Liver. I have heard of late stage Cirrhosis sufferers avoiding even hand cleaning gel and mouth wash, because it causes more damage.

[Catfishjumpin]

60 years of drinking how much. I would do anything to keep living. I was an alcoholic and I have not drank in a decade. I would have no use for alcohol but its likely because I gave up my addiction to live longer and became a cyclist. I get my hi from endurance exercise, wish I always had now I know the high is so much more exciting and it fuels my liver and my life. Its the main reason I am still living as well as I am. I am 64, my cirrhosis turned into liver cancer almost two years ago, it can happen to anyone with cirrhosis.

[namescapesme999]

Many thanks for the replies...i'm still in the early stages so it's good to hear from people who have been there themselves or with someone else...thanks again....Rob

[Lee1919]

My 46 year old daughter was just diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and she has only been drinking for about three years since she lost her job and she was told immediately at the ER to absolutely not drink any alcohol. I am reading all this information to get some feeling of what she's in store of. She doesn't even look like yourself anymore she's so bloated and her face and arms have lost a lot of weight I don't know what to do but read what other people have experienced. I just hope that she is in the earliest stages and can manage this disease like I have read others have on this site. I am in the USA and the data I read here doesn't allow for a transplant until the last stages. I am in a state of denial and wish it were me and not her.